Explanatory note: "These notes and pictures are simply a start in gathering and preserving materials for someone who someday may write the history of Appleton. Much of the work has been done by students and others not personally familiar with the subjects treated."

Scope and Contents: This collection contains written manuscripts, typewritten notes, and a series of photographs depicting sites, houses, and other structures from early Appleton history. Some people are also shown. The photographs were printed from negatives owned by Anna L. Tenney of Appleton and compiled into three volumes by Lawrence professor of history John Brainerd MacHarg and some of his students in about 1922.